A major federally funded project designed to unlock the mysteries of the brain is under way and, after a year of planning, the initiative’s focus has begun to sharpen. A Viewpoint appearing today online in JAMA Neurology explains the intent… Read More ›

Washington, DC—A minimally invasive procedure thought to provide dramatic improvements in blood pressure for patients with resistant hypertension may not work or offers only modest improvement. The procedure, renal denervation, involves the use of a steerable catheter with an electrode… Read More ›

Medicare is miscalculating the drug costs it pays to dialysis centers that treat patients with end-stage renal disease, making it difficult to determine whether the federal agency is making appropriate payments, concludes a report released today. In 2012, the most… Read More ›

Although most headaches are caused by benign conditions, sometimes they signal the presence of a more dangerous condition, such as a brain tumor or aneurysm. To determine if such a condition is present, a physician, often at the request of… Read More ›

Kidney transplantation for US children and adolescents with end-stage renal failure has continually improved year after year, with improved survival of both patients and the transplanted kidneys. But there’s still room for improvement, especially in certain groups, such as older… Read More ›

Higher blood levels of vitamin D may be associated with improved survival from breast cancer, suggest new findings from study published this week in Anticancer Research. The study, a meta-analysis of 5 studies of vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D) serum concentrations… Read More ›

It seems self-evident that moving young girls and boys out of high-poverty neighborhoods and into communities with lower poverty and crime rates benefits these children. But what appears obvious may not be so clear-cut: new findings appearing today in JAMA… Read More ›